What was found
DURING REMOVAL OF THE AFT CARGO INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN BS 1400 & 1420, A CRACK WAS FOUND ON LOWER FLANGE, FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-04-A1-F101. FABRICATED A NEW INTERCOSTAL AND INSTALLED.
- Difficulty date
- April 5, 2018
- Submitted
- April 6, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N568UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26674
- Aircraft time
- 81,729 hours, 27,521 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Intercostal
- Part number
- 146N5425
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 1400-1420
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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